Shabbat 45A

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The Talmud adds: So too, it is reasonable to say that Rav holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, as Rav said: One may place a lamp atop a palm tree on Friday to burn on Shabbat, and one may not place a lamp atop a palm tree on a Festival. Granted, if you say that Rav holds in accordance

The Talmud asks: And does Rav really hold in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda that it is prohibited to move an object that is set-aside? Didn’t they raise a dilemma before Rav: What is the ruling with regard to moving a Hanukkah candle from before the ḥabarei, Persian Zoroastrian fire pries

On this same matter Reish Lakish raised a dilemma before R' Yoḥanan: Wheat kernels that he sowed in the ground that have not yet taken root and he could still gather them, and eggs that were placed beneath the hen and the incubation process has begun, what is the halakha in these cases? Would R' Shi

The Talmud asks: And does he not hold that the prohibition of set-aside applies to an object set aside only for its mitzva without any prohibition? Wasn’t it taught in a baraita: One who roofed the sukka in accordance with its halakhic requirements and decorated it for aesthetic purposes with colore

And from where do we know that this unattributed baraita is in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon? We ascertained this from a comparison to a baraita that was taught by R' Ḥiyya bar Yosef. As R' Ḥiyya bar Yosef taught before R' Yoḥanan: One may not take wood from the sukka that was constructe